It is interesting to see, but I think the Republicans might actually self-destruct. Remember that the Republican party was the result of the whig party self-destructing. Though the question is can the Republican party self-destruct? Sure it can, after all the Progressive Conservatives of Canada are...
Read More →I keep hearing on the argument of how inflation will come and haunt us. And how interest rates are going sky-high. And how we are doing things wrong and the economy is so bad. And if mortgage rates go above 5% then everything will break apart and people will stop getting mortgages. At leas that is...
Read More →The folks behind the new documentary Stock Shock: The Short Selling of the American Dream asked me to share the trailer with our readers. This would be an interesting movie for any of you who at some point owned shares in Sirius (SIRI) or XM (XMSR) Satalite Radio. [youtube MLHT028qARU] From the...
Read More →We received an email from Melissa Minkalis of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC). They are offering a Free DVD about avoiding foreclosure. I did not order the DVD or know much more about it. I did quickly verify that the NFCC is a legit organization and doesn't seem to be simply...
Read More →I am critical of you, but kudos that you put things in perspective. The World’s Biggest Debtor Nations It starts off with the US and you go OMG… But then you move on and you think, “hey they have that much debt?” And what surprised me is that Switzerland (where I live) has 268% of external debt....
Read More →When I saw Twitter and this social stuff I thought, huh? And then a very good old high school buddy introduced me to Face Book… Well, one thing lead to another and now I am on Twitter… Since I am a Twitter newbie, I think my twitter is christianhgross… What I really like about social networking and...
Read More →Many folks are sceptical of the rally. Yet the market goes up and up and up. And yes we hear yet again this “light” volume argument. And of course we hear arguments that the world is going to collapse from the likes of Jim Rogers and Marc Faber. Though the Marc Faber one puzzles me because on April...
Read More →Wow Jim Rogers just does not give up does he? > "I'm not buying shares if that's what you mean. Not at all," Rogers told "Squawk Box Asia." > > "The bottom will probably come later this year, next year, who knows when," he added. No Jim you are not buying stocks. What did you buy? > "I have an...
Read More →Yes you read that right I am tentatively ultra bullish. Please remember I mean this for a 3 to 5 year time horizon. Let me explain why I am so bullish. Did you catch how oil hit 58 USD per barrel? That makes me ultra-bullish. Yesterday I had a get together with Indians who have lived in Switzerland...
Read More →I was thinking a bit about my previous blog entry on how I said I was ultra bullish. I have actually been thinking on this topic for about a week. And now I realized that this could be the perfect storm against the shorts and those waiting on the sidelines. Though I think it is worse for the...
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